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Re: Apple Fitness+

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Post by chromedev »

newscracker wrote: post #46

I like the idea of Apple Fitness+. That it provides an integrated experience with the watch and another device (iPhone/iPad/Apple TV) is exactly what I’ve been waiting for all these years! No need to create yet another online account on a service that may share (or sell or probably lose) my workout and health information. The workout recommendations are computed on-device, and the data stays on the devices (health da…

How do you know? Do you believe everything Apple tells you? Do you even know what type of encryption they are supposedly using in the cloud? What about when you login to your iCloud account, do you not think they can access your data if they wanted to?

Re: Apple Fitness+

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Post by chromedev »

threatofrain wrote: post #140
88840-8855 wrote: post #91

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I disagree. YET ANOTHER feature that is linked to ONE SINGLE account. If apple decides to block your account, everything is gone. This happened some time ago to my microsoft account - everything gone. And why? Because I have uploaded (automatically) a nude picture of my gf to their cloud, it was detected by their algorithm and my account was locked. I had to communicate with microsoft by a PAPER LETTER(!) to understa…

Are nude photos not permitted on iCloud? With the ubiquity of iPhones, it's difficult to believe iCloud isn't filled with nude photos.

Don't you remember when all those nude celebrity iCloud photos got leaked?

Re: Apple Fitness+

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Post by greenpizza13 »

jacobwilliamroy wrote: post #103
newscracker wrote: post #46

I like the idea of Apple Fitness+. That it provides an integrated experience with the watch and another device (iPhone/iPad/Apple TV) is exactly what I’ve been waiting for all these years! No need to create yet another online account on a service that may share (or sell or probably lose) my workout and health information. The workout recommendations are computed on-device, and the data stays on the devices (health da…

Do you like the idea of Apple owning the operating system you use, the computer it runs on, all the apps running on that operating system, the entire network stack, all of the network services, the gym you visit, the money you use, the school you attend, the church where you worship, the food that you buy, the place where you work, the hospital where you die? Can't you see where they're going with this?

> Can't you see where they're going with this?

Can you see the slippery slope you're invoking? Apple owns the operating system you use. That is where it stops in your example. They don't force ownership of software, the network stack, the gym you visit (lol), where you work, etc. Where's your head at, other than "ApPlE BaD"?

Re: Apple Fitness+

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Post by coolioxlr »

wellthisisgreat wrote: post #88
shadowoflight wrote: post #5

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If Apple did this for home workouts I would subscribe to Fitness+ in a heartbeat. I currently practice yoga at home, and the worst part is I don't have an instructor to correct my form.

You can try https://yoganotch.com - uses motion sensors to give feedback on yoga form

Cool product if it really works. But too much work and friction to put on the sensors if I want to quickly do a workout.

Re: Apple Fitness+

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Post by aldanor »

gyc wrote: post #147
tw04 wrote: post #45

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Unless Apple is releasing a bike and treadmill I doubt Peloton has much to be concerned with. Half the draw is the fact the tread and bike are both extremely high quality and directly track what you're doing (distance, not just heart rate). I don't even think Apple currently has a compatible cadence sensor? Mirror... I never really understood that one in the first place but I'll assume the folks who love it love it p…

Damn I'd buy an iBike.

I'd buy an iLoo.

Re: Apple Fitness+

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Post by chromedev »

zepto wrote: post #112
jacobwilliamroy wrote: post #103

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Do you like the idea of Apple owning the operating system you use, the computer it runs on, all the apps running on that operating system, the entire network stack, all of the network services, the gym you visit, the money you use, the school you attend, the church where you worship, the food that you buy, the place where you work, the hospital where you die? Can't you see where they're going with this?

It would have been nice if Google hadn’t betrayed their promise of Android being open. Then we’d have had a good alternative.

Google didn't betray their promise. Android is open source and Apple not Microsoft have open sourced their operating system.

Re: Apple Fitness+

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Post by king_magic »

rp1229 wrote: post #106
king_magic wrote: post #66

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Yes, I know that’s not explicitly what Fortnite was kicked off for. But let’s be honest here and look at Apple’s long history of anticompetitive behavior - that’s the core concern here, and Apple has shown a clear willingness to disadvantage 3rd party competitors. Sure, Spotify is on the App Store - but when will I be able to download music and play it directly from my Watch with Spotify? Likely never - Apple simply…

I'm pretty sure the Spotify limitation is due to Spotify and not Apple. Other apps like overcast can download to audio to the watch and play without a phone.

To be clear - I'm talking about playing audio in the background, like Apple Music. That, as far as I know, has never been made available to third party app developers. And even if Apple has finally allowed Spotify the Great Privledge of joining Apple on it's playing field, it would have taken multiple years of complaints and hypocrisy from Apple to get there.

Re: Apple Fitness+

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Post by ogre_codes »

I'm curious if this is single person only. If my wife and I do a workout together is it only showing one person's metrics?

The plan says "Share with 5 other family members", but can we really share it? All the demos show just a single person's metrics on the display.

I'd also like to know what it's really offering here. Is it just static videos with generic progressions or does it work me through a progression based on my stats? This could be a pretty cool training tool if they worked off my HR and metrics, but if it's generic, I'm not seeing the value.

Having multi-viewer support and watch metric based progressions would make this a killer platform. I'm pretty sure it's not going to hit that mark exactly though.

Re: Apple Fitness+

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Post by king_magic »

pgm8705 wrote: post #110
king_magic wrote: post #66

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Yes, I know that’s not explicitly what Fortnite was kicked off for. But let’s be honest here and look at Apple’s long history of anticompetitive behavior - that’s the core concern here, and Apple has shown a clear willingness to disadvantage 3rd party competitors. Sure, Spotify is on the App Store - but when will I be able to download music and play it directly from my Watch with Spotify? Likely never - Apple simply…

I believe Apple has made the APIs available for downloading and streaming from Watch apps. Pandora and other's use it. Spotify is the one refusing to bring this functionality to their app for whatever reason.

How generous of them - and goodness, it only took Apple several years of dragging their feet, hypocrisy and anti-competitive behavior for them to finally grace us all with those precious APIs. How thankful we all should be.
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